It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from Makkah, he said: "Indeed, you are the most beloved of Allah's cities to Allah, and if your inhabitants had not expelled me, I would not have left. O Banu Abd Manaf! If you are granted guardianship over it, then do not prevent any circumambulator at any time of the day or night. If it were not that the Quraysh would become boastful, I would have informed them of the status that is theirs with Allah regarding this place. O Allah! Just as You have provided us with sustenance... (You punished their predecessors and bestowed gifts upon those who came after them.)"

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: Whoever performs Tawaf of the House of Allah, whether he is performing Hajj or not, becomes free from the restrictions of Ihram. The narrator says: I asked Ata: On what basis did he say this? He replied: On the basis of Allah’s statement «ثُمَّ مَحِلُّهَا إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْعَتِيقِ» . I asked: Is this after returning from there? He said: Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: It is both before and after returning, and he also said this on the basis of the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), because on the occasion of Hajjatul Wada’, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told the companions to come out of the state of Ihram, and he said this several times.

Ibn Jurayj narrated from Ata from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) a similar narration.

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he mentioned the same example from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).